horsefly
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horsefly (plural horseflies)
- Any of several large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals.
- Stomoxys calcitrans.
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- (fly of family Tabanidae): cleg, deer fly, forest fly, gadfly, March fly (Australia), yellow fly, zimb
- (Stomoxys calcitrans): stable fly, dog fly
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horsefly